Saturday, December 20, 2008

We're being snowed in, here in the upper Midwest, so today we made Christmas cookies. I found a recipe for Hazelnut Butter Cookies and also made frosting from scratch with this Paula Deen recipe.

This has become my "frosting of choice". Not only is it super fast to make, but it tastes better & fresher than store bought. The last time I made it I used organic cream cheese. This time I used conventional cream cheese. I've discovered organic cream cheese makes my"worth it" list when buying organic. It simply tastes better to me.

If you want to give these recipes a try, make sure you have lots of butter on hand! And follow directions carefully because these cookies crumble like crazy. We topped ours with a confusing color scheme for extra beauty.

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Welcome to "Striving Green", the blog that focuses on one family's attempt to become more environmentally friendly by the standbys - eating organically, keeping it local, reusing, reducing, and recycling. I call this blog "Striving Green", with an emphasis on the "striving". We're not perfect; we're learning as we go along.

I'll tell about the "green" successes and challenges we have with day-to-day issues as well as new discoveries I stumble upon. I'll pose questions to readers, looking for your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve upon reducing our consumption of resources. Sharing information and "making ripples" is something I enjoy. I hope you enjoy reading and become inspired to "strive green" too.